ENGL 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Unreliable Narrator, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Postpartum Depression
27 Oct 2015
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Sonny"s blues character (stories emphasize different elements) Round characters: flat: stereotypical, these are types example john husband yellow wallpaper, doctor, rational, stereotypical, round: full character, get a sense of person as a human being flaws, weakness, basic humanity and even some contradictions. Dynamic: static: doesn"t change anything, villain vs. hero, major vs. minor, dynamic: action, protagonist, pushing action forward. Antihero- ordinary person rather than clich villain, modern construction. Rest cure first person point of view. Haunted estate- passed on from generation to generation, handed down to males first instance of patriarchy. John condescending, laughs at her, first person account of what is happening to her. Unreliable narrator can happen in three cases: child, too subjective (not enough distance from story, mental state. Still gives an account of her rest cure. Beds (page 308) doesn"t get the room she would like to have for the bed property of her husband. Attic: first a nursery, playroom, gymnasium barred windows.
